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Monthly Archives: November 2013

It’s easy to retrospectively say this now that Marty Walsh has emerged as the next mayor of Boston, but for anyone who made it to the Strand Theatre in Dorchester for his Election Eve rally, it was clear that his team would reign victorious. I showed up just before the storm, and was sitting...

The Hyde Square Task Force (HSTF) and Church Square Partners have agreed to extend the closing date for the sale of the former Blessed Sacrament Church building at 365 Centre St., according to HSTF spokesperson Pat Gray. “Everything is proceeding as it should and we look forward to purchasing the church in a few...

The City Council voted on Oct. 23 to override Mayor Thomas Menino’s veto of “Invest in Boston,” a bank-monitoring ordinance written by At-Large City Councilor and Jamaica Plain resident Felix Arroyo. The “Invest in Boston” ordinance calls for the City to deposit funds only in banks that demonstrate they are directly helping Bostonians through...

A proposal for two buildings containing 20 residential units and more than 5,000 square feet of commercial space at 3371-3375 Washington St. and 197 Green St. is still “in the process,” according to the developer Walter Craven. The proposal has drawn concern from neighbors. The project was scheduled to go before the Zoning Board...

EGLESTON SQ.—A male victim was shot in the leg outside a party at 93 Bragdon St. early in the morning of Nov. 3, according to a Boston Police Department (BPD) report. The victim, whose name and age were redacted from the report, was treated for a non-life-threatening injury, according to BPD. Officers responded to...

The Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council is seeking new members to fill the eight seats still vacant following the council’s Oct. 19 election. The 20-seat JPNC, a neighborhood group that advises the City about various issues, only had 12 candidates for its election. Any Jamaica Plain resident 16 or older is eligible to serve on...

Chris Faraone, the Gazette’s political columnist, has authored an ebook about America’s culture wars called “I Killed Breitbart…And Countless Other Causes of Conservative Consternation.” Written with provocative punches, the book mixes updated reprints of Faraone’s Boston Phoenix reporting on everything from Tea Party rallies to the Democratic National Convention with new material about America’s...

The Hennigan Elementary School at 200 Heath St. was briefly put into lockdown on Nov. 1, according to Boston Public Schools (BPS) spokesperson Brian Ballou. The Gazette first learned of the lockdown from a parent of a Hennigan student. Ballou said the lockdown was due to a sibling of a Hennigan student entering the...